Folding table



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. M. sERFAUs-rlNi FOLDING TABLE Filed Feb. s, 1922 :Hllilmi uw E w EPatented Dec. 2, 1924.

UNITED STATES MARIUS SERFAUSTINI, F PARIS, FRANCE.

FOLDING TABLE.

Application filed February 3, 1922. Serial No. 533,897.

'l'o aZZ lwhom t may concern:

Be it known that I, MAnIUs SERFAUSTINI, of 9 Rue des Boulangers, Paris,France, have invented a Folding Table, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

The present invention relates to a folding table of seven lengths, moreespecially y adapted for wall-paper hangers.

10 lt. has for object to replace the tables, which paper hangers mounton trestles for executing their work, tables which are heavy,inconvenient, cumbersome, not easily carried about and are of one lengthonly.

The invention consists of a table formed of sections hinged together andhaving hinged legs to fold in the sections, the sections when foldedforming a box for the storage of tools and other articles.

The invention also consists in ,providing the table with a plurality ofhinged leaves detachably secured thereto and which when 'removed areadapted to be stored in the sections of the table.

The invention further consists` in the par ticular construction andarrangement ol parts as hereinafter described and pointed out in theclaims.

This invention will be described hereafter,

by way of example onlyfwith reference to the accompanying drawing, inwhich:

Fig. l is, a front view of the improved table, folded.

Fig. 2 is an end View.

Fig. 3 shows in elevation, the table extended, as well as its leaves.

Fig. il is a. plan view corresponding to Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an end view.

4o F 6 shows the table from underneath,

the table being opened but not extended.

Fig. 7 is a cross-section of the table opened but not extended, thesection being made on line A-A of Fig. 3.

4.5 Fig. 8 is a cross-section of the table opened with the legsextended, this section being made on line B-B of Fig. 3.

Fig. 9 is a longitudinal section of a part of the table showing the legsand the leaves extended, this sect-ion being made on line C-C of Fig. 4.

Fig. 10 is a cross-section of the table folded.

As will be seen in the drawing, Fig. l,

` this table, when folded, has the aspect of a sories.

thin and long rectangular box in the form of a tray comprising two equalparts a. o, o aarranged side by side, connected and articulated, byhinges, longitudinally.

The closed box is characterized by a donble flange formed by the lia-tparts a. a provided on the framing c o. T his double flange exists onthe three sides of the box where there are no hinges; it is adapted togive strength to the box and to support the outer devices when the tableisl opened, whilst the side, having hinges, of the framing o 0 is on alevel with the iiat parts a a. The hinges are indicated by the referenceI. letter (Fig. Q). The flanges a a. (Fig. 2) `70 are surrounded by ametallic band to prevent damages when the table is placed up on end onthe ground.

This box is also provided with ashoulderbelt yuy which allows it to becarried overthe shoulder, see Figs. l and 2.

All the accessories are placed within the box, as indicated F ig. 6,showing the box opened. In this box Z l are the leaves with f thesect-ions folded one on the other; g is a rule; 1^ is a stripof zinc, inthe form ofan angle-iron (these latter are placed one on the other); sare two brackets; (l are two stop pins, the whole is removably held in yplace by swivels h. The net j, connected to the four legsof the table,rests on these acces- The box also contains a-n auxiliary leaf o (Fig.6). This leaf serves to widen the table on nearly its entire length.

The four folding legs f, independent from one another, have the shape ofa square and are connected to the table by hinges g, Fig.

6; when they are folded, they are removably maintained by t-he swivelsh.

The letter n (Fig. 6) indicates the posia5 tion of rest and the shape ofthe four supports of the leaves; these supports are madey of a .solidtube of steel without soldering; they are provided with acollar nl inwhich falls ay kind of spring catch p; at thel other end the supportsare engaged in slideways o secured tothe table which removably hold themin place.

To lengthen the table, the spring catch is released from the collar nl,then the support is made to slide towards the exterior along theslideways o, this displacement of the support, until the pin n2 abntsagainst the slideway 0, stops the forward movement of this support (Fig.9). 110

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then the box is closed, as shown in Figs. l and 2, and the table is tobe formed, 'the two parts constituting this box are opened until the twofaces t a, coming in the same plane thus form a single board which isrendered rigid by two pins d (one in each end of the board). Each pin Zis engaged in two slideways c which are secured on the transverse partof the framing, see Fig. 5 which shows the two ends ot the pin Zprojecting, beyond the two slideways c.

With this rigid board, which is twice the size of the box, the table isformed by extending the legs rthese legs are maintained rigidly extendedby means ot struts i which are engaged on retaining devices vil, seeFigs. 6,3 and 9.

During this operation, the net which is connected to the tour legs f,stretches by itsell and remains maintained by suspension ties 7c, seeFig. 3.

The table thus set up, holds the accessories underneath and they aretaken ont when needed.

It it is necessary to increase the length ot this table, the leaves Zare pnt in position by engaging their hooks g, Fig. 9, in recesses m1provided in the ends ot the table and by strengthening them by means ot'the supports n above mentioned, see Figs. 3 and 9; these supports aremade to slide, trom underneath the table, towards the exterior untilthey are stopped by the pins n2, see Fig. 9.

There are two lea-ves Z, Fig. 4, (one at each end of the table) and eachis in three sections that is to say, in three small boards, placedacross the table; they are connected together and jointed by mea-ns oithinges. The outside small board is connected to the central. one bymeans ot two hinges placed underneath, so as to be able to told :itdownwards, only in case the table should be too long. The middle smallboard is connected to the third one by means olz pin hinges, placed (oneat each end) in the thickness of the .two small boards; moreover thesetwo small boards are rendered rigid by an assemblage in the form ot afloor-board. The third small board is provided with two fixed flat hooksm which removably retain it on the body ot the table, and the wholeforms a single rigid plane.

These sections ot leaves, thus combined form. only a single rigid leaitEwhen they are extended and overhang from underneath by the Itwo supportsmade oth tubes ot steel n, that is to say, that they cannot be foldedback upwardly; but it it is desired to di" minish the length of thetable itis simply necessary to push, the supports n internally, Figs. 3and 9, and to told back downwardly, the small board or boards notutilized, whilst the other small boards remaining rigidly horizontalform a single plane with the body of the table. This arrangement permitsot giving the table seven different lengths or ot' simply doubling itslength.

Finally the brackets S are then placed in position. it necessary, byengaging them in recess t adapted to receive them. On these brackets,the rule Q is placed (Fig. 4) which is thus out ot the way ot the paperspread out on the table, so that it is always ready to be used.

tt is to be understood that the strip ol zinc r, may be oit the lengthof the rule and when not in use is in one of the sections and the rulerests therein and the two are secured in the section, as shown in Figure 6. W hen the rule and strip are to be used, they are placed on thebrackets s on the trent side ot the table, as indicated in Fig. 4C. Thisstrip ot zinc serves as a Piange tor margining the paper and for cuttingout the tri'ezes. The paper to he margined is drawn on the flange, therule is placed on the cutting line, and out with a sharp blade guided bythe rule, ythen the rule y is replaced on the brackets s, as indicatedFig. Ll.

This table is then folded, when necessary, by proceeding in the reverseorder that has just been indicated for its extension, to term, again,the box above stated.

Claims:

l. A folding table comprising two traylike sections hinged together attheir longitudinal edges to told one upon the other to form a box, meansfor' locking the sections in position, legs hinged to the sections totold them into the same, means for locking the legs in the sections, twosets ot hinged leaves, each set having a detachable inter lockingengagement with one end ot the sections, theleaves being adapted to beplaced in a section when the sections are Yfolded, a pair ol rodsslidably mounted in each section and adapted to be extended beyond theends ot 'the sections to support the said leaves, and locking means inthe sections tor securing the leaves and other articles in the sections.

2. A folding table, comprising two traylike sections hinged together attheir longitudinal edges to told one upon the other to form a box, a leghinged to each end of each section Ito told into the same, two sets ofhinged leaves, the leaves of each set being hinged together and ot' alength equal to the combined width of the sections, each set ot leaveshaving a detachable interlocking connection with an end of the sections,and adapted when not in use and folded to be placed in one of thesections, means 'tor locking the leaves in the sections, and a rodslidably mounted in each end or' each section and adapted to bieextended beyond the ends ot the sect-ions to support said leaves when inuse.

3. A folding table comprising two traylile sections hinged together attheir longitudinal edges to fold one upon the other to form a box, twosets of leaves, the leaves of 5 each set being hinged together and of alength equal to the combined Width of the two sections, the leaves ofthe sets being adapted to he folded one upon the other and placed in oneof the sections with the 10 sets n alinement with each other, means forsecuring the sets of leaves in the sections, means for detaehablyconnecting the sets of leaves with the ends of the sections, and meansfor supporting the leaves of the sets of leaves in a horizontal positionWhen connected With the ends of the sections.

The foregoing specification of my folding table, signed by Ine this 19thday of January, 1922.

MARIU S SERFAUSTINI.

